In this position, he oversaw the operations of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
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Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty played a pivotal, oft-unappreciated role in undermining Soviet communism.
Andrei Babitsky, an employee of the American-funded Radio Liberty, has not been heard of since the handover on 3 February.
That Farsi-language network receives financial support from the U.S. government under the sponsorship of "surrogate" broadcast services Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
Of course, that recommendation is consistent with its larger view that Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty should, in due course, cease to exist.
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"Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty have been windows on the world for uncounted millions over a period of nearly forty years, " Frank J.
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Indeed, the Center is persuaded that, for the foreseeable future, the unique capabilities of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty will continue to be required.
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Broadcasting behind the Iron Curtain, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty were praised by Poland's Lech Walesa as being critical to the struggle against communism.
"Mr Abramovich is a controversial figure and I'm not sure he's very popular with the common people, " said Igor Schveitzer, a football correspondent with Radio Liberty.
You can say that Gessen is a bad editor, a poor manager, or someone who ought never to have been put in charge of Radio Liberty.
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Second, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty are working models of free journalism for East European countries seized with the urgent requirement to foster independent and pluralistic media.
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According to Radio Liberty, drivers are using the cameras to fight back against Russia's notoriously corrupt traffic police, and scammers trying to extort money out of drivers.
Together with its sister station Radio Liberty (RL), which performs the same service for millions in the Soviet Union news and commentary are provided in twenty-three languages.
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In the latter capacity, Mr. Forbes has rendered invaluable service through his efforts to maintain one of America's most highly leveraged tools for promoting democracy and free enterprise -- Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
For this, the only (circumstantial) evidence is that the Ukrainian-language service of Radio Liberty, which the American government finances, has been very hostile to Mr Kuchma of late, giving lots of airtime to Mr Melnichenko.
In an analysis released today entitled For a Free Europe Radio Free Europe, the Center critically considered the various arguments being made in some quarters to begin dismantling Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
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In an analysis released today entitled For a Free Europe -- Radio Free Europe, the Center critically considered the various arguments being made in some quarters to begin dismantling Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
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At a meeting of former political prisoners at the U.S. embassy to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Radio Liberty broadcasts to Belarus, I met a former trade minister who had served two years for breaking with the regime.
The Center for Security Policy today called on President Bush to reject advice he has received that would result in the termination of the operations of Radio Free Europe (RFE) and its sister station Radio Liberty (RL), which broadcasts to the Soviet Union.
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What is more, there is every reason to believe that the independence and objectivity with which Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty are properly credited will continue to be needed even if and when transitions to genuine democratic and free market systems are accomplished.
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Unfortunately, that fact may well have contributed to recommendations concerning Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty that not only detract from the overall, sensible thrust of its proposalsthreaten to add substantially to the human and material costs involved in meeting objectives identified by the Commission.
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The silencing of a courageous Radio Liberty correspondent whose broadcasts from Chechnya did not conform to the party line about low casualties and the combatant nature of those being mercilessly shelled by Russian forces represented an unmistakable warning: A free press will be tolerated only insofar as it suits the new ruler of the Kremlin.
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As the people of Eastern Europe have come to enjoy greater freedom of expression in recent months, it has been possible for the first time to take stock of just how successful Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty have been at complementing the official information outlet of the U.S. government the Voice of America (VOA).
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Sirius XM shares are trading higher Monday morning after Liberty Media late Friday filed with the FCC to disclosure its intention to take control of the satellite radio company.
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